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Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Could Google Android overtake Microsoft Windows by 2016?

A
new claim from research firm Gartner suggests Google Android may
finally overtake Microsoft Windows as the dominant operating system for
computing devices by as early as 2016.
According to Gartner, this
year alone is expected to end with an impressive 608 million devices
running Android. This is nothing short of amazing when you consider that
Google’s OS has only been around since 2008. How many Windows devices
does the company predict for this year? About 1.5 billion, that is
including Windows 8 PCs and tablets.
Okay, so we’ve seen massive
Android growth in four years, does that really mean Google can jump
above Microsoft in another four? While Android growth isn’t slowing down
any time soon, it’s really hard to say for sure. For starters, we don’t
truly know how the public will respond to Windows 8, RT and Windows
Phone 8. If these new efforts from Microsoft don’t take off, Google
Android is pretty much guaranteed to eventually jump above Windows. On
the other hand, Microsoft Surface and other Windows 8 efforts could slow
this growth down a little.
How many devices does Gartner believe
Android will have by 2016? The research firm seems to think there will
be about 2.3 billion Android devices versus about 2.28 billion computing
devices that will run Windows.
Keep in mind that analysts make
predictions all the time. Some of these come true, some don’t. Gartner
in particular is known for making pretty bold claims. Still, the
evidence we’ve seen so far certainly adds some credence to this
particular claim. Microsoft has yet to show us that they can truly be
successful in the mobile sector. Unless the Redmond giant can convince
consumers that they can in fact compete in the mobile world, Android’s
market penetration will only continue to rise dramatically.
It is
2012 and the world has finally woke up to the realization that they
don’t need Windows to enjoy the Internet or great applications. This
doesn’t mean Windows or Microsoft is bad per say, it just means that
they have to compete even harder if they want to stay relevant in a
changing world or they will risk falling behind for good.
What do you think, is this prediction on the money or will Microsoft’s current efforts prove to be a major game-changer?